China’s flu outbreak continues to spread despite warmer weather

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BEIJING – China continues to report an increase in influenza virus cases countrywide even as the warmer weather returns, with one in two people examined at hospitals with cold symptoms testing positive for the pathogen.

In contrast, positivity rates for Covid-19 remain suppressed at 2.7 per cent and the country had not reported any coronavirus-related deaths for three weeks as of March 16.

 

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